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US retaliates with airstrikes on Yemen coast after ship attack

The US military launched three airstrikes on areas controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the Pentagon said, after a navy ship was targeted by two failed missile attacks this week.

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[DUBAI] The US military launched three airstrikes on areas controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels, the Pentagon said, after a navy ship was targeted by two failed missile attacks this week.

The strikes targeted radar sites involved in "recent missile launches threatening USS Mason and other vessels" operating in international waters in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb strait, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement.